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03-28-2008, 11:00 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Illinois
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| whining my dear chippy.. WHINES SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! i don't understand why?? he whines when he has to wait for us to prepare his meals (which is only mixing the dry food and the wet food).. he whines when i hold him too long.. he whines when he stands in the bathtub for like half a minute while i get his towel ready.. he whines in the morning when nobody is awake and he wakes up.. (so he decides to wake the whole house up!!) he whines with EVERYTHING!! does anyone else have issues with that? i feel like i'm abusing him.. when i'm just trying to make him happy!!! haha.. it's ridiculous... not to mention he YAPS and WHINES sometimes.. which is worse.. other than that he's a playful loving babyyy and i love him to death.. i mean even if i can't figure out a way to stop his whining i'll still loooove him and spoil him like crazy.. if anyone can help me out.. PLEASE please let me know.. because i think it bothers my parents more than me because they can't sleep when he's whining and yapping in the morning.. it's like my personal alarm clock.. but stillllll.. |
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03-28-2008, 11:20 AM | #2 |
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| Wrigley whines too! She whines when she wants to be fed, she whines when she wants to be picked up, she whines when she wants to play with a toy, she whines when we pet Crosley and not her! So yes, you are not alone! Wrigley whines for a couple seconds and then stops and then starts again. She doesn't bark or yap hardly at all, but she does the crying/whine thing for attention and when she wants something. It does increase in frequency if we aren't moving fast enough for her liking! It's actually a cute noise that she makes and we usually laugh, but if she was waking us up early in the morning, that wouldn't be so cute!
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03-28-2008, 11:30 AM | #3 | |
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yeah but in the morning.. it's so loud and high pitched.. it makes it really hard to sleep. | |
03-28-2008, 07:37 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: southern california
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| maybe better than barking. I notice that whith ben he whines more than barks. good luck. |
03-28-2008, 11:00 PM | #5 |
Gus Is The Fuss Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey
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| He whines because it works. Compare it to a child that knows if they cry you'll give them a piece of candy. You are rewarding bad behavior. You now have to teach him he will only be rewarded for good behavior...in this case silence. You start by teaching him the quiet command. When he is whining tell him no, the command you choose (be quiet or no whine for example), when he stops--you might need to use the treat to distract him enough to stop whining, reward him and praise him. At first, you want to reward them pretty quickly for silence but slowly increase the time in which you make him wait until he is rewarded. Keep practicing until he knows the command. Then, when he whines while you are mixing his food you tell him no, the command and do not give him the food until he obeys. Same with all the other things....you don't put him down or take him out of the tub until he is quiet. He will learn only the good behavior (being quiet) gets rewarded. It takes some time, you have to be consistent and put in the work until he understands you mean business but it can be done.
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03-29-2008, 06:18 AM | #6 |
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| Hi Erin and Gus This is Melinda and Axil. Axil does the same thing whines a lot when he doesn't get his way. I'm still trying to figure out what to do. |
03-29-2008, 12:58 PM | #7 |
Gus Is The Fuss Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey
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| Hello Melinda and Axil, Training them to stop whining (or barking) can be one of the most difficult things to teach them. First they have to understand what you want from them and then you really have to work at getting the results. You can't ignore or reward the behavoir (by giving them what they want) some of the time but then expect them to obey other times. Why should they? There is no down side for them and they know the whining gets them what they want. Our problem was with barking. Gus is spoiled and gets away with a lot but I cannot stand too much barking. So while training I would always deal with it. It didn't matter if I was busy or someone I didn't know was at the door. If he was barking my attention went to him and getting him to stop. Gus isn't the best trained dog in the world but if he knows anything it is "no bark". I watch my sister's Maltese (terrible barker) for a few weeks every year and even manage to get him to bark less and less while he is here. The key is to work on it all the time--don't ignore it, deal with it--until they are completely trained. Good luck and welcome to YT!!!
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03-29-2008, 08:07 PM | #8 |
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| All I can offer is that I prefer whining over barking. Coby is learning to whine. While I don't "reward" it per se, I am quicker to respond than when he's barking, because I want him to be able to "talk" to me, but I hate barking. That's actually working with the barking. He's learning that a pitiful whine is at least a more lucrative attempt on his part. Such a stinker.
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03-31-2008, 10:18 AM | #9 | |
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i'll have to try it | |
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